Consultations

The DCYA Participation Unit is regularly approached by Government Departments and State agencies to collaborate in conducting consultations, surveys and dialogues with children and young people on a wide range of policy, practice and legislative initiatives.

Hub na nÓg and the Participation Support Team works with the DCYA in leading on the planning and conducting of these consultations and dialogues with children and young people.

Links to reports of national consultations, surveys and dialogues with children and young people since 2010 are listed below:

Life as a Child and Young Person in Ireland – Report of a National Consultation
This report, Life as a Child and Young Person in Ireland: Report of a National Consultation, documents the views of 66,705 children and young people. This national consultation was conducted to inform development of the Children and Young People’s Policy Framework by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, which will set out the key policy objectives for the next five years.
November 2012